Smog, j'accuse from Bologna:“It's the fault of the farms in Lombardy and the sewage”

There is a hunt to find the culprit behind the skyrocketing smog values ​​in the Po Valley.And in Bologna there are those who have no doubts:"Last week the spreading of tanks full of shit from farms was allowed, it's a reaction we've already seen many times", says Fausto Tomei of Arpae

BOLOGNA – The peak of fine dust that is being recorded in the Po Valley reignites the debate on the (poor) air quality.In Bologna there are those, like Fausto Tomei of Arpae, exponent of the Civic Coalition, points the finger at Lombardy.“Why was there a peak in fine dust over the weekend, across the entire Po Valley?There's no point in looking for abstruse explanations: last week– writes Tomei on Facebook- the spreading of sewage from livestock farms was permitted throughout Lombardy, after months of winter lockdown and smog lockdown, then with the vats full (of shit..)“.Tomei recalls that “it has already happened many other times:the particulate matter caused by the reaction of the ammonia of the accumulated wastewater, which reacts in the atmosphere with other pollutants, can reach up to Monte Cimone.So traffic and combustion for heating have nothing to do with it?Of course they have something to do with it, the other pollutants with which ammonia reacts in the atmosphere are produced by them. It's time to look at your fridge and garage and ask yourself:Is it better to breathe decently or all this parmesan and ham, with the car ready down here?(I also speak for myself)”.

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But the voice of Bologna for Climate Justice is also raised, fighting against infrastructural choices such as that of the Passante.“In recent weeks the pollution levels are very high, and even in Bologna in the last 39 days there have been 31 red flags. Among the causes is road transport, but the years pass and the Municipality and Region refuse to conduct a Health Impact Assessment that could make known how much the Passante di mezzo impacts on the health of the inhabitants", states the collective.

Meteorologists, continues Bologna for Climate Justice, “invite the population to do not do outdoor sports, And alarms multiply for the health impacts of persistent pollution.What we are experiencing these days is not new, but a condition that repeats itself every winter, documented by statistics and research projects, and the causes are well known.It is known, among other things, that one of the sectors that contributes most to making the air unbreathable is road transport, but despite this awareness, mayors, regional presidents and ministers continue to invoke billions for the widening of roads and motorways ”.

“If the Po Valley is a gas chamber, the solution is not to ask citizens to lock themselves at home.Two years ago - recall the young people who are fighting against the effects of climate change - dozens of associations asked Mayor Lepore and the President of the Bonaccini Region to carry out a Health Impact Assessment of the Passante di Mezzo:How much does this infrastructure impact the health of those who live in Bologna?In these two years, emergency measures have followed one another, but not a word has been said about the Health Impact Assessment.Should we conclude, given the quality of the air we already breathe today, that Matteo Lepore and Stefano Bonaccini fear that the results could make the widening of the Passante di Mezzo incompatible with the health of the people of Bologna?”.